Gill Baldwin

interactief , installatie , Experimenteel , Ecologie , Digitale technologie , Digitaal , beeldhouwen , Artistiek onderzoek

In her work, Gill Baldwin studies our relationship with the artificial. Zooming in on technology, machinery, intelligence, and the particularities of on- and offline worlds, Baldwin carefully maps potential repercussions and consequences of the ever-transforming kinship between humans and (technologic) artificiality; human made objects and phenomena on the verge of becoming autonomous. Latest exhibitions include the Van Gogh Museum (2022) and V2 Lab for Unstable Media (2021). Her research has been recognized by the Piet Zwart Institute Alumni Award and in 2019 she received the Nova Scotia Talent Trust Young Artist of Excellence Award. She was an artist in residence at the HCA Community of Art at Roodkapje in Rotterdam for 2020-2021.

Rolling Landscapes (2021) - Medium: Steel, chains, DC motor, natural grasses. Dimensions: Various When constructing the human-made nature reserve of Marker Wadden, 20,000 units of plants known as the common reed also known as the latin name Phragmites Australis were propagated into the sandy soil in order to stabilize the land. What does it mean to create nature? In the sculpture Rolling Landscapes hundreds of Phragmites australis also known as are individually cut and placed into floral water tubes with violent precision reeds are forced into a performative rotation. The sculpture explores the tension between the plants' fragility, the desperate preservation to keep these plants alive, and the rough, raw, physical violence inherent in manufacturing these natural spaces.
As Seen in Nature (2020) - Medium: Aluminum, Arduino, motor, 3D printed PLA, wood, natural grasses. Dimensions: 50cm x 22cm x 150cm Often when taking the train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam, I am struck by the regularity of the landscape. Here it seems that we have domesticated nature to an extent that there is hardly anything left. A row of natural grasses gently wave as if being blown by a breeze, the soothing movements made possible by a machine constructed for this very purpose. A reflection on our idealization of nature and the great lengths we as humans strive to recreate nature, once it has been lost.
Water Fall (2021) - Medium: Steel, DC motor, pvc digital print on vinyl Dimensions: 105cm x 175cm A photograph from the popular stock photography website Unsplash is enhanced and printed to a 4 meter length, and rotated with a motion borrowed from street advertisements. Reflecting on the concept of nature as a reproduced set of images and re shared experiences, when a machine replicates the photographic qualities of nature, what is left?
Bliss (Solo Exhibition) - Bliss presents a natural world that is replicated, reproduced and fetishized until a mere mockery is left. The exhibition is a reflection on human-made materials behaving surprisingly, badly, and unexpectedly in order to produce an illusion of authenticity. Bliss is the domestication of the sublime, the myth of the natural and the relentless pursuit of the idea of wilderness. Bliss is supported by WindSims, a soundscape made by Ymer Marinus. WindSims was created with a tool that analyses a sound recording and transforms it into data that is used to control the internal parameters of the synthesizer. For this piece, recordings of the wind blowing were used to create these data-movements. As humans have an instinctual knowledge for natural patterns, WindSims reminds us of the feeling of blowing winds, even though it is completely synthetic.
Moment-um - "Moment/um" unfolds as an air compressor breathes life into a plastic tube, setting off a choreography of unpredictable movements across its ground. In this kinetic work, the conduit becomes both the conductor and the canvas, responding to the force of compressed air in spontaneous and unpredictable rhythms. The interplay of chaos and environment gives rise to a living, ever-evolving artwork. Borrowing materials from industrial manufacturing, the sculpture further plays with the idea of the living mechanical where the forces of the natural world converge with the precision of human engineering. This constant state of flux asks us to consider the chaotic and the deliberate forces that shape our world.
IKEA Bedroom
IKEA Bedroom
Impossible Bodies Hybrid Series
Impossible Bodies Hybrid Series - Since spring 2020, Gill Baldwin has been working on the ongoing series Impossible Bodies, making compositions of body parts taken from their context and reassembled in uncanny forms. While these forms are ever reminiscent of human body parts, they are designed in such a way that Google’s A.I. image recognition service Cloud Vision is incapable of recognising them as such. Continuing in fascination, Baldwin studies these impossible bodies in pencil, paint, sculpture, 3D-scans, and more recently, oil painting, as an exercise in translation and repetition. Similar to the process of saving digital files in different formats, she saves changes and edits continuously until something completely new arises.

Wild Summer of Art

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Locatie: BRUTUS
In samenwerking met: BRUTUS

One of 50 Rotterdam based artists selected to participate in 2024's Wild Summer of Art group exhibition.

Current Traces #1

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Locatie: OMI
In samenwerking met: Office for Metropolitan Investigation OMI

De tentoonstelling Current Traces #01 brengt drie eigentijdse visies op de stad en het landschap samen. Hedendaagse kunstenaars en ontwerpers laten je opnieuw kennismaken met de alledaagse plekken om ons heen. Met werken van kunstenaar Gill Baldwin, fotograaf Elvira Smit en architecten Leyla Hepsaydir en Rebekka Schächer.

https://omirotterdam.nl/blog/talk-workshop-excursie-2/

Mondriaan Prospects Concepts

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Locatie: Art Rotterdam
In samenwerking met: Mondriaan Fonds, Art Rotterdam

During Art Rotterdam (1 to 4 February 2024) the Mondriaan Fund organised a new edition of Prospects at the Van Nelle Factory. The exhibition showed the work of 86 starting artists. All artists received a financial contribution from the Mondriaan Fund in 2022 to kickstart their career

The Mondriaan Fund organises the ‘Prospects’ exhibition each year to give the visibility of starting artists an extra boost. The proximity of Art Rotterdam gives art professionals and collectors, but also a broad g

https://www.mondriaanfonds.nl/en/activities/prospects/

I am Because You Are

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Locatie: Van Gogh Museum

''Vincent op Vrijdag ‘' (Vincent on Friday) is a series of evenings where the museum stays open longer than usual.

The evenings usually include talks, music and other art forms by young up and coming artists.

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/visit/whats-on/vincent-on-friday

Participant School for Multispecies Knowledges

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Locatie: Amstelpark
In samenwerking met: Zone2Source, OpenSet

The School for MultiSpecies Knowledges is a multi-year project organized by Zone2Source with Irina Shapiro of Open Set. Together with participants and audiences, the School explores new learning environments to rethink our relationship with other organisms and its implications for how we live together. I am a current participant, developing a project around the idea exploring what if the species of park could respond back to negative online reviews.

https://zone2source.net/en/school-of-multispecies-knowledges/#:~:text=The%20School%20for%20MultiSpecies%20Knowledges,for%20how%20we%20live%20together.

BARTALK

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Locatie: Den Haag
In samenwerking met: BARTALK, The Grey Space in the Middle

I was invited to give a short artist talk about my practice and visiting nature online during BARTALK. BARTALK is a multidisciplinary lecture/performance/storytelling series that takes place in different bars in The Hague. Each BARTALK public event is themed and consists of four 15 minute presentations by guests from different backgrounds.

https://bartalkdh.wordpress.com/

Bliss

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Locatie: Roodkdapje Delftseplein 39
In samenwerking met: Hamburger Community of Art

In my first solo exhibition I created an artificial world modeled after the famous Windows desktop background image. Bliss presents a natural world that is replicated, reproduced and fetishized until a mere mockery is left. The exhibition is a reflection on human-made materials behaving surprisingly, badly, and unexpectedly in order to produce an illusion of authenticity. Bliss is the domestication of the sublime, the myth of the natural and the relentless pursuit of the idea of ​​wilderness.

https://gillbaldwin.com/BLISS-exhibition

V2 Summer Sessions Residency

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In samenwerking met: V2 Lab for the Unstable Media

The Summer Sessions are short-term international art and technology residencies for emerging artists and designers. For eight weeks I was hosted by V2_Lab for Unstable Media. I developed and produced the work Rolling Landscapes, and the project was presented during a short presentation talk and question and answer period from an audience.

https://www.summersessions.net/

Public Works Rotterdam

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Locatie: Rotterdam
In samenwerking met: CBK

Public Works is an outdoor exhibition throughout the city with work by more than 400 visual artists, designers, photographers, image makers and illustrators. Simply to fill the void that had arisen and to show that imagination is better than advertising.

https://www.cbkrotterdam.nl/en/agenda/publieke-werken/

I Scan and so Scan You

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Locatie: Roodkapje
In samenwerking met: Roodkapje

An online workshop on DIY photogrammetry. Offering the possibility to explore incorporating technologies into your creative workflow, by teaching you how to make 3D scans and including them in one's artistic process.

https://www.facebook.com/events/331409245154020/

With Open Arms

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Locatie: Roodkapje
In samenwerking met: Hamburger Community of Art

A group exhibition of the Hamburger Community of Art residents including works by Iriee Zamble, Danielle Hoogendoorn, Lavinia Xausa and Rafiq Abbasov.

Shoulda Coulda Woulda

Datum:
Locatie: Roodkapje
In samenwerking met: Hamburger Community of Art

A group exhibition of the Hamburger Community of Art residents including works by Iriee Zamble, Danielle Hoogendoorn, Lavinia Xausa and Rafiq Abbasov.

Artist in Residence at The Hamburger Community of Art (HCA)

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In samenwerking met: Roodkapje

The Hamburger Community of Art (HCA) is a yearlong artistic development program for emerging artists. During this pilot year, Roodkapje aims to equip the selected artists – as well as the audience – with skills to be resourceful and self-sufficient in assembling diverse voices through training, mentoring and with support in organizing events, presentations and workshops. The HCA will produce and host cultural events, social activities and projects that will be open to all audiences.

https://hamburger.community/